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+name: workflows starter
+# env: is empty, see setup-env and the outputs there
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  setup_workflow_env:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+# Optionally specify the environment that should be used on this branch
+    # environment: review/dev
+    outputs:
+# It seems you have to specify the environment twice (passed to reusable workflow)
+# as there is no way yet to get the active environment
+      # environment: review/dev
+# or see the switch on ref_name script below
+      environment: ${{ steps.get_environment_from_git_ref.outputs.environment }}
+      environment_short: ${{ steps.get_environment_from_git_ref.outputs.environment_short }}
+      image_name: pmbservice
+# Please note that the next line only works correctly with repositories that don't contain
+# upper case characters. If you have such a repo name please replace ${{ github.repository }}
+# with org/repo-name (all lower case).
+# E. g. ACDH-OEAW/OpenAtlas-Discovery -> acdh-oeaw/openatlas-discovery
+      registry_root: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/
+      default_port: "8020"
+# Usually you don't deal with all commits since the repository was created.
+# Increase if you e.g don't find a tag you want to display in the application
+      fetch-depth: 10
+      submodules: "true"
+#      herokuish_base_image: ghcr.io/acdh-oeaw/herokuish-for-cypress/main:latest-22
+      APP_NAME: pmbservice
+# This together with the branch name is also used as the namespace to deploy to
+      APP_ROOT: "/"     
+      # SERVICE_ID: "99999" # Better use GtiHub environment variables for this
+      # PUBLIC_URL: "https://some-stuff.acdh-ch-dev.oeaw.ac.at" # Use GitHub environment variables for a stable custom public url
+      # POSTGRES_ENABLED: "false" # needs to be set to true to enable a postgres db installed next to the deployed app
+# You should not need to have to change anything below this line
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    steps:
+      - name: Get environment from git ref
+        id: get_environment_from_git_ref
+        run: |
+          echo "Running on branch ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
+            echo "environment=production"
+            echo "environment=production" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "environment_short=prod" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "environment=review/${{ github.ref_name }}"
+            echo "environment=review/${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "environment_short=$(echo -n ${{ github.ref_name }} | sed 's/feat\(ure\)\{0,1\}[_/]//' | tr '_' '-' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+  generate_workflow_vars:
+    needs: [setup_workflow_env]
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.environment }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate PUBLIC_URL if not set
+        id: generate_public_url
+        run: |
+          kube_ingress_base_domain="${{ vars.KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN }}"
+          public_url="${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.PUBLIC_URL || vars.PUBLIC_URL }}"
+          if [ "${public_url}x" == 'x' ]
+          then public_url=https://${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.environment_short }}.${kube_ingress_base_domain}
+          fi
+          echo "public_url=$public_url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:     
+      PUBLIC_URL: ${{ steps.generate_public_url.outputs.public_url }}
+  _1:
+    needs: [setup_workflow_env, generate_workflow_vars]
+    uses:  acdh-oeaw/gl-autodevops-minimal-port/.github/workflows/build-dockerfile-and-push-to-registry.yaml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+# if you run this outside of of an org that provides KUBE_CONFIG etc as a secret, you need to specify every secret you want to pass by name
+    with:
+      environment: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.environment }}
+      registry_root: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.registry_root }}
+      image_name: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.image_name }}
+      default_port: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.default_port }}
+      PUBLIC_URL: ${{ needs.generate_workflow_vars.outputs.PUBLIC_URL }}
+      fetch-depth: ${{ fromJson(needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.fetch-depth) }}
+      submodules: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.submodules }}
+  _2:
+    needs: [setup_workflow_env, generate_workflow_vars, _1]
+    uses: acdh-oeaw/gl-autodevops-minimal-port/.github/workflows/deploy.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+# if you run this outside of acdh-oeaw yo uneed to specify every secret you want to pass by name
+#      KUBE_CONFIG: ${{ secrets.KUBE_CONFIG }}
+#      KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN: ${{ secrets.KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN }}
+#      POSTGRES_USER: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_USER }}
+#      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
+#      POSTGRES_DB: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_DB }}
+#      K8S_SECRET_A_VAR_NAME: ${{  }}
+    with:
+      environment: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.environment}}
+      fetch-depth: ${{ fromJson(needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.fetch-depth) }}
+      DOCKER_TAG: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.registry_root }}${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.image_name }}
+      APP_NAME: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.APP_NAME }}-${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.environment_short }}
+      APP_ROOT: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.APP_ROOT }}
+      SERVICE_ID: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.SERVICE_ID }}
+      PUBLIC_URL: ${{ needs.generate_workflow_vars.outputs.PUBLIC_URL }}
+      POSTGRES_ENABLED: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.POSTGRES_ENABLED == 'true'}}
+      default_port: "${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.default_port}}"
+      submodules: ${{ needs.setup_workflow_env.outputs.submodules }}
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